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| Funeral for Afghan blast 'legend' | Funeral for Afghan blast 'legend' |
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| Hundreds of people have lined the streets of Sheffield for the funeral of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. | |
| Cpl Liam Riley of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in an explosion near Malgir on 1 February. | |
| The 21-year-old from Killamarsh, Derbyshire, had been trying to recover the body of fellow soldier L/Cpl Graham Shaw, who died in a separate explosion. | The 21-year-old from Killamarsh, Derbyshire, had been trying to recover the body of fellow soldier L/Cpl Graham Shaw, who died in a separate explosion. |
| Prince Harry, who served with Cpl Riley in 2007, described him as a "legend" and said he was a "really special man". | Prince Harry, who served with Cpl Riley in 2007, described him as a "legend" and said he was a "really special man". |
| Police closed off roads in the city centre and hundreds of people lined the streets and entrance to Sheffield Cathedral, where Cpl Riley's funeral took place. | |
| Prince's 'privilege' | |
| Three coachloads of the soldier's friends and colleagues travelled to the funeral from Warminster in Wiltshire, where Cpl Riley was based. | |
| Following the soldier's death, Prince Harry said: "I remember Liam Riley so well from the time we spent serving together at the British Army training Unit at Suffield in Canada. | |
| "He was a legend. A really special man who got us all going and heading in the right direction. It was privilege to have worked alongside him." | "He was a legend. A really special man who got us all going and heading in the right direction. It was privilege to have worked alongside him." |
| Cpl Riley's mother Cheryl Routledge later thanked Prince Harry for his words, adding: "He's a legend. We've known it for 21 years. He's just backed up what we've always thought for 21 years." | Cpl Riley's mother Cheryl Routledge later thanked Prince Harry for his words, adding: "He's a legend. We've known it for 21 years. He's just backed up what we've always thought for 21 years." |
| L/Cpl Shaw's funeral was held in in Goldcar, West Yorkshire, on Monday. | L/Cpl Shaw's funeral was held in in Goldcar, West Yorkshire, on Monday. |